More photos from Christmas day at the Legislature and Churchill Square. I love making memories!
14 January 2012
Legislature and Churchill Square Get in the Mood
More photos from Christmas day at the Legislature and Churchill Square. I love making memories!
10 January 2012
Brrr....... 20 Degrees Colder Today Than Yesterday!!
Yesterday we truly enjoyed a balmy +10 Celsius day here in Edmonton. Today, however, Old Man Winter has revealed his face with biting cold winds and a dusting of snow. -18 degrees Celsius overnight tonight. The forecast for the coming week promises to be even colder, with highs in the low negative 20's. We were spoiled for weeks on end, now we must bundle up and face the facts...it is winter!
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05 January 2012
01 January 2012
West Edmonton Mall Decorates with Poinsettia Trees
A recent visit to West Edmonton Mall revealed a plethora of Christmas magic bedecking the malls. Above is a poinsettia tree which is actually several, perhaps hundreds, silk poinsettias arranged in a framework to look like an enormous red tree. From a distance, it is quite stunning.
Above is another wing of the mall decorated to the nines for Christmas. I don't know the name of this wing but it has offices on either side that overlook the tree. It is one of my favourite areas of the mall for its design and decor.
Do you have a favourite mall/store to visit during the Christmas break?
31 December 2011
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Christmas was accented this year with an unexpected visit from our second oldest son who flew home for Christmas. Only my husband and another son knew about the surprise. As I gathered gifts from below the tree, S came up the stairs playing "I'll be home for Christmas" on his I-pod. Well, needless to say, the tears flowed freely as I hugged him. What a wonderful surprise gift!!!
That evening we went to the Legislature grounds, walking amongst the festively lit trees, enjoying Christmas music wafting through the air via aboveground speakers.
We all went out in our new pajama pants (gasp, I know!) and posed for this lovely photo ;) Following which we visited Churchill Square downtown to check out the tree and watch a single skater on the rink in front of city hall. It was a lovely evening which ended with a light shower of rain. Yes, it is winter here! Normally we have a few feet of snow by now but this year is mild, knock on wood, and we are enjoying unusually warm above freezing temperatures. There was a light covering of snow through all of December.
We had freezing rain overnight Thursday and a dusting of snow last night. It is simply beautiful and warm. I cannot complain as I remember last year's winter. January has not yet arrived and with it winter may actually pay a visit. So here's to enjoying this gorgeous weather we have been blessed with, countrywide. Happy New Year everyone!
19 December 2011
Christmas at Greenland Garden Center
Early in December, before stores got too crazy busy, my daughter and I headed to one of our favourite places for holiday magic. We took several photos of the Christmas Store at Greenland Garden Center and I share here just a few with you. Enjoy.
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| Above and below, the one and only upside down Christmas Tree |
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| A new Christmas decorating trend is the little starburst. Sometimes combined with a few small decorative balls and sometimes on its own, it dazzles on a tree. |
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| This "pick" reminds me of a stag horn fern. It is new this season as well. |
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| Colour combinations of bronze and turquoise adorn this tree. |
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| A feathery topper in red. A few years ago I did a similar topper with feathery fronds on a "bird tree". I thought it looked good but one of the proprietors of the greenhouse thought it looked like the tree was going to take flight! |
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| Another new trend is the ribbon upon a ribbon garland. There are actually two different ribbons, one atop another, strung around this tree. |
Merry Christmas!!!
http://www.greenlandgarden.com/album/Seasonal/index.html
Holiday Christmas Music Flash Mob of the American Festival Chorus
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good new year! (you thought I was going to write "a good night", didn't you? ;))
11 December 2011
09 December 2011
Lunar Eclipse Tomorrow Morning
On December 10, 2011 there will be a total lunar eclipse, visible from 5:45 am Mountain Standard Time until 7:32 am Mountain Standard Time. According to Christian Science Monitor, the best places to view the eclipse in its totality are from Hawaii to Asia. Those on the east coasts will not see much, while the west coast, without blocked views of the horizon, will have the best views.
"These eclipses occur when the Earth blocks direct sunlight from reaching the moon. But at totality, the moon still gives off a red glow, thanks to sunlight that passes through Earth's atmosphere.
The moon's ruddy hue during a lunar eclipse owes its color to the way light scatters in the atmosphere.
Coming from the far side of Earth, as an astronaut on the moon might see it, the sunlight must travel a relatively long distance through the atmosphere before it exits and heads moonward.
During the course of its travels, the light loses its other colors – think the color spectrum, here – to atmospheric molecules and dust. These scatter the shorter wavelengths of light. The more dust, the darker the red left to daub the moon's surface.
The color is created by the same effect that causes the deep reds late in a sunset or early in a sunrise." (http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2011/1209/Lunar-eclipse-Why-will-this-one-be-so-big-and-red)
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